Intra-seasonal oscillations (ISO) of zonal-mean meridional winds and temperatures as measured by UARS

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1131-1137

  Huang, F T ^a   Mayr, H G ^b   Reber, C A ^b  

^a Terranet Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry; pressure, density and temperature); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (General)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 23744482956     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1131-2005     Document Type: Article

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